Always thought Barista would be a cool job. I came back to Indiana in 1972 from California thinking to start an espresso shoppe & my family laughed at the idea.
Saying, "no one would pay $1 for a cup of coffee".
I had a connection to a guy who had the only espresso store at Indiana University, Bloomington Indiana who would have helped some. But I let the idea go.
I would have either been his competitor or gone to Ball State Univ or to a tourist shopping town in woodsy craftsy Brown County Ind.